In my Stackoverflow folder, I have stackoverflow.ico
and 2 bellow files. When importing it to Chrome, it shows the icon in address bar, but when I click on it, Chrome doesn't open any new tab. What am I doing wrong?
manifest.json
{
"name": "Stackoverflow",
"version": "1",
"browser_action":
{
"default_icon": "stackoverflow.ico"
},
"background":
{
"page": "index.html"
},
"permissions": ["tabs"],
"manifest_version": 2
}
index.html
<html>
<head>
<script>
chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(activeTab)
{
var newURL = "http://stackoverflow.com/";
chrome.tabs.create({ url: newURL });
});
</script>
</head>
</html>
The problem is that you are violating manifest version 2's content security policy
. To fix it all you have to do is get rid of inline script, in this case your background page
. Turn it into a background script
like this:
manifest.json
"background":{
"scripts": ["background.js"]
},
background.js
chrome.browserAction.onClicked.addListener(function(activeTab){
var newURL = "http://stackoverflow.com/";
chrome.tabs.create({ url: newURL });
});
If, for some reason, you do need it to be a page, then simply include the script as an external file and declare it as a page like before.